Established in 2009/2010, Oyu Tolgoi Watch (OTW) NGO is a non-profit organization based in Mongolia. It serves the community with the purpose of compliance monitoring of the mining industry, protection of human rights, restoration of violated rights, research, training, and advocacy. OT Watch works with communities affected by projects financed by EBRD, IFC, and World Bank in Mongolia in the extractive, energy, and infrastructure sectors. OT Watch focuses on indigenous peoples, land rights, rural communities, and women working on dams, energy, infrastructure, mining, natural resources, and water.
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OT Watch supports nomadic herders through capacity building and training in understanding and applying international environmental and human rights norms and standards to their community cases. It works with communities affected by projects financed by EBRD, IFC and World Bank in Mongolia in extractive, energy and infrastructure sectors.
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We are excited to announce that, w/ our member @WRIEquity, we are developing a new initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental #Defenders!
The Standing Together for Environmental Defenders (#STAND) will offer training, financial support and collaborative partnerships 🧵(1/4)
📢 Save the Date! 📅 16:00CET, 9 April
Join BHRRC’s @ChristenDobson as she speaks at the online launch of new Indicators on Business & Human Rights, spearheaded by @ISHRglobal.
Register here👉: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5m9V1XgyQ0mN83ltukcjFg#/registration
🚨Today, as their hearing takes place, we urge authorities in #ElSalvador to drop all charges against 5 environmental rights defenders from @ades_sm.
The criminalization of HRDs for peacefully protecting their territory must end❗️
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/upcoming-hearing-five-community-leaders-and-environmental-rights-defenders-facing-2
Very worrying news from #Kyrgyzstan, where the president has signed the controversial law on "foreign representatives", that risks stigmatizing and silencing critical voices.
https://cpj.org/2024/04/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-russian-style-foreign-agents-law/
In a recent letter, local & intl CSOs had called on development banks to take a stance to protect #civicspace and use their leverage to push the Kyrgyz govt to stop the law.
https://rightsindevelopment.org/news/kyrgyzstan-foreign-representative-law/
Standing in solidarity with our Kyrgyz partners, we hope the govt will now withdraw the other proposed law on NGOs and will not use the new bill on foreign repr to target critics & silence dissent.
Read more in this analysis by @ICNLAlliance 👇
https://www.icnl.org/post/analysis/analysis-of-the-kyrgyz-republic-draft-law-on-non-governmental-organizations